Wheels I'd like to acquire are 90's Ford steel 16" will they fit? front brake calipers have Dayton cast on them.

 

Check your junkyard for old econoline wheels 90s

 

F truck the same?

 

F series up to 97 and vans still use old 8 lug pattern.

 

Vans up to 2013. Chevy up to 11?, and dodge/ram up until recently. (Not sure of the year)

 

8 lug wheels on a 6.50" bolt circle: 1953/97 F250; 1967/97 F350; 1969/74 E300; 1975/2014 E250/350.

 

They will clear the calipers? no grinding? I want to keep the truck original, thanks.

 

Yes. If you get 17" wheels you can get take off tires all day long.

 

16" tires still easier to find here.

Anyway any steel 16 8x6.5 should fit, almost any aluminum, provided you don't get an oem gm wheel as the hub bores are usually too small. Oem dodge or ford should be ok. A lot of the newer dodges run a high offset (low backspacing, if I have the terms correct) wheel that isn't a great idea on the older trucks.

But anything off a 97 and down 8 lug ford will fit.

 

I am trying to keep it ford. What trucks have 17" with the correct bolt pattern and offset?

 

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You can buy brand new Econoline E250/E350 rims in 17" and they will fit. Search any date between 1975-2014.